Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to the order Cetacea. These are aquatic mammals that have streamlined bodies highly evolved for swimming. Learn more about whales, dolphins, and porpoises in this well-constructed overview produced...

This article focuses on repatriation agreements, which streamline immigrant removals after a person has been ordered from a country. Without these agreements, officials deporting an immigrant must secure approval through individual...

Americans first began the custom of weekday voting in 1845, when Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day in the hope of streamlining the voting process. But why a...

The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how drag affects falling objects. Students will make a variety of shapes out of paper and see how size and shape affects the speed with which their paper shapes fall. They will also be able...

This online workshop covers a variety of strategies to more efficiently manage school computers and networks. Strategies will include sharing folders and CDs on the network, setting up read only "Template," folders on the network, using...

Provides an overview of movements in the history of industrial design and a list of significant designers.

Includes exhaustive information and a wealth of activities pertaining to aerodynamics and the physics of flight.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, First grade students will learn about roots, stems, flowers, and seeds. They will also have the chance to view a streamline video about plant parts.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is good to use toward the beginning of first grade or the end of kindergarten. It has children look at pictures and match the beginning letter with the pictures. A pretest and posttest is...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a comparison of the three types of communities, urban, rural, and suburb. It contains streamline video, and many interactive activities.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes what motion is and what causes an object to move. Streamline videos, activities, and assessment are included.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Martin Puryear, an American sculptor whose streamlined and evocative sculptures made from materials such as wood and wire are associated with Postminimalism.

A pear-shaped silver ewer standing on a high base. It's upper part ends with a neck that has a round opening. The ewer is covered with a hinged lid. A slender handle connects the neck and the body. A streamlined faucet emerges from the...

Streamline Moderne beach, pier, and public bathhouse built by the WPA in 1936. Official plaque located in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor Center, located at the corner of Hyde and Jefferson Streets.

This interactive site allows students to explore the types of elements that compose different kinds of steel. There is also information explaining how each element affects the function of the steel.

Read the history of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, how it affected the railroads, and the additions made to it over many years.